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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 14:22 ] |
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For what it's worth, I loved the ending the The Dark Tower and hated 'Wizard and Glass'. Fucking melodrama about stupid kids and witches? No ta, SK. If I read through these again (and I'll have to, I read the original version of the The Gunslinger), I may just skip over that one. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 14:26 ] |
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myp wrote: Mr Chris wrote: Wow, I was on good form with this one. Those were the days, eh, readers? Except as Grim... noted, you seemed to miss the whole point of the series and the ending.  Which only goes to reinforce my incredibly well written critique of King's writing style - he's such a completely onanastic cock that he even managed to obscure his own point in his literary jizz. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 14:29 ] |
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I have only read the first in the series... I might pick up the rest some day |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 15:53 ] |
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I liked King's portrayal of an man with moss growing out of him in Creepshow. |
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| Author: | Malc74 [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 16:07 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Sorry to dredge this thread up from the past, but I found some news, which is both good and bad Abrams Opts out of Dark Tower Film Quote: "The Dark Tower thing is tricky," Abrams said. "It's such an important piece of writing. The truth is that Damon and I are not looking at that right now. The Dark Tower series is as close to unfilmable as anything I can think of. I mean, if Hollywood couldn't make fucking Dreamcatcher without changing the plot so much that it was almost a different story, what hope does anyone have of doing The Dark Tower justice? Also, most film adaptations of King's work do middling box-office business at best. Odds-on the first film would bomb and the rest would never get made. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 17:16 ] |
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Well, I think I've given up with this. I'm about 80% of the way through volume III and I just cannot stand any more of King's mediocre prose and shallow characters; it all reminds me rather too much of Dan Brown. By comparison, I picked up Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro on the plane to America and read non-stop for five hours. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 17:22 ] |
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This is still a great thread. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 17:48 ] |
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Especially my posts. Scathing literary criticism. |
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| Author: | Trousers [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 18:04 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Well, I think I've given up with this. I'm about 80% of the way through volume III and I just cannot stand any more of King's mediocre prose and shallow characters; it all reminds me rather too much of Dan Brown. By comparison, I picked up Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro on the plane to America and read non-stop for five hours. Hello me. That's at about exactly the same point where I gave up. I read the summary of how it ended and was glad I had given up long before then. How far into DaVinci code did you make it? I got about 40% into that before I realised it was a rubbish shareware adventure game from the 1990's turned into a book. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 18:14 ] |
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About seven pages. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 18:49 ] |
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Wizard and glass can fuck off. Still. I reread the first one in its adjusted form and it makes more sense in context |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:33 ] |
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Oddly, earlier this week, I started reading them all again. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Aug 09, 2010 16:43 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Oddly, earlier this week, I started reading them all again. Mmmm, I've been tempted to start again recently, too. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Aug 09, 2010 23:09 ] |
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The bit with Eddie trying to get off the plane with the smack is still some grade A storytelling. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 19:56 ] |
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Grim... wrote: The bit with Eddie trying to get off the plane with the smack is still some grade A storytelling. Agreed. I think Dot3 is actually my favourite of the whole lot. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:49 ] |
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/63749/2 ... hrough.htm If you tell it a joke, does it asplode? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:52 ] |
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IDGI. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:55 ] |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_the_Mono |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:56 ] |
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Ooh, there are Dark Tower graphic novels. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:56 ] |
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Should have paid attention to what thread it was in, I guess. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 15:57 ] |
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And a "game". http://www.stephenking.com/promo/discordia_prev2/ |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:00 ] |
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New Dark Tower Story? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:59 ] |
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I am on the last book of the series, again. Second time around it's much, much better (and I liked it the first time) - perhaps also helped by the fact that I'm just reading all seven books straight through. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 13:20 ] |
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You are the Nirejhenge of books. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 13:33 ] |
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I've tried reading several King novels over the years and even some of his Bachman novels. I don't like his writing style — it just doesn't grab me in anyway whatsoever and feels for all the world like I'm counting words rather than reading. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 13:34 ] |
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I can't stand most King, but the Bachman books are brilliant. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 13:38 ] |
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I think it's a Bachman book which is the only one of his I've managed to finish. Can't remember which one though, might have been The Running Man — it was over a decade ago. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 13:41 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: You are the Nirejhenge of books. No, I'm the Nirejhenge of loud Welsh friends. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 16:43 ] |
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I have finished the books. By bugger, they were better this time around. Somehow I'd forgotten that people died, and Eddie's last words to Roland were a bit, er, much. The ending seemed to suggest that Roland would be able to 'reply' to the horn sound the world-roses made as he walked toward the tower the next time around. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 02, 2012 16:15 ] |
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(This post is practically spoiler free) I have started the new book - The Wind Through The Keyhole. It fits in after they come out of the green castle near the first thinny and before they get to Callah. It's pretty good, so far. I had to stop and think about a few of the mid-world words, but then it clicked and they all made sense. It starts off with the ka-tet, but then they have to stop and Roland starts telling them a story, which I think is going to be the meat of the book. In theory, King can keep writing them forever. Good, say I. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Jul 02, 2012 16:19 ] |
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Bearing in mind I fucking HATED Wizard and Glass because it was just Roland sitting around telling a story... would I like this? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 02, 2012 16:50 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Bearing in mind I fucking HATED Wizard and Glass because it was just Roland sitting around telling a story... would I like this? Dunno mate. I'm only a little way in. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Jul 02, 2012 17:05 ] |
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No, because the second half is a story within a story. I really enjoyed it though. It felt good to be back in Mid-World after so long. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 14:48 ] |
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Dark Tower t-shirt on TeeFury today: http://www.teefury.com/ |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 19:02 ] |
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Well, I hope you're all happy. I've had to reread Wizard and Glass again to fit the new book into sequence. It's... not as Mills and Boon as my memory insisted it was, but IMHO it's still the weakest of the series |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat May 16, 2015 22:48 ] |
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HBO TV series a'comin'! http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt1648190/ |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 15:56 ] |
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https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/ ... 3145159680
Quote: It's official: The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. #DarkTowerMovie @McConaughey @IdrisElba Well then. H/T DoccyG |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 15:59 ] |
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Yay! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 16:04 ] |
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Who is Elba playing again? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 16:04 ] |
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The gunslinger. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 16:05 ] |
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Excellent. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 16:05 ] |
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It's going to be awesome. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 16:16 ] |
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I hope he plays Roland as Loofa |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 20:46 ] |
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I presume it's going to be a six part film or something? They couldn't do the source material justice in one film. Also: yay Elba! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 22:09 ] |
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Film then a series is still the current thinking, apparently. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 10, 2016 16:17 ] |
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Filming has begun: http://www.htxt.co.za/2016/05/10/film-a ... cape-town/ |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue May 10, 2016 16:26 ] |
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She pretty |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue May 10, 2016 17:13 ] |
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Any idea if they are tackling the story in book-order, or are they doing something different with it? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 10, 2016 17:14 ] |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue May 10, 2016 17:46 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: She pretty Gosh |
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